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The Mariner Mark II Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Flyby MissionThe Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Flyby will be the first mission in the Mariner Mark II program. The July 1990 launch will result in a fast flyby of the asteroid Tanete in May 1991 and a rendezvous with comet Kopff in February 1994, 879 days before comet perihelion. The spacecraft will return detailed data on the comet nucleus and its environment for nearly 1000 days. Several important comet characteristics will not be precisely known until the spacecraft performs its first measurements, which means that operations strategies must be adaptable to a range of conditions. In addition, the operation of a spacecraft in a dusty environment near a low-mass body imposes unique constraints on trajectory and orbit design.
Document ID
19840063314
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Stetson, D. S.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lundy, S. A.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Yen, C. L.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1984
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 84-2016
Accession Number
84A46101
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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